Oresthasium or Oressthasion (), or Orestheium or Orestheion (Ὀρέσθειον), or Oresteium or Oresteion (Ὀρέστειον),

Euripides Euripides () was a Greek tragedy, tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to ...

, ''Orest.'' 1642, ''Electr.'' 1274 was a town in the south of

ancient Arcadia Arcadia (; ) is a region in the central Peloponnese, Greece. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan (god), Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia (utopia), Ar ...

, in the district of Maenalia, a little to the right of the road leading from

Megalopolis A megalopolis () or a supercity, also called a megaregion, is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. They are integrated enough ...

Pallantium Pallantium () was an ancient city near the Tiber river on the Italian peninsula. Roman mythology, as recounted in Virgil's ''Aeneid'' for example, states that the city was founded in Magna Graecia by Evander of Pallene and other ancient Greeks s ...

and

Tegea Tegea (; ) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area o ...

. It was, according to myth, founded by

Orestheus Orestheus (Ancient Greek: derived from ''oresteros'' "mountainous" from όρος ''oros'' "mountain, hill"), in Greek mythology, was a name attributed to two individuals. *Orestheus, a king of the Ozolian Locrians in Aetolia. He was the son of De ...

, King of Arcadia, but it was also mythologically connected to

Orestes In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (; ) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia. He was also known by the patronymic Agamemnonides (), meaning "son of Agamemnon." He is the subject of several ...

. In historical times, it formed part of the territory of

Maenalus Maenalus could refer to: * Maenalus (town), a town of ancient Arcadia * Maenalus (mythology), an Arcadian prince, son of Lycaon (king of Arcadia) * Mainalo Mainalo (, ; ) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, an ...

, but, upon the foundation of

in 371 BCE, Oresthasium was abandoned and incorporated into Megalopolis. Its territory is called Oresthis by

Thucydides Thucydides ( ; ; BC) was an Classical Athens, Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts Peloponnesian War, the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been d ...

, and in it was situated Ladoceia, which became a suburb of Megalopolis. Its site is located near the modern

Anemodouri Anemodouri (Greek language, Greek: Ανεμοδούρι) is a village in the municipal unit Falaisia, southwestern Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece. It is located on the northwestern slopes of mount Tsemperou. It is 3 km northwest of ...

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